Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Consider what Christianity, at its core, actually does: It transgresses and disrupts.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

The study, published in Science, focused on how aging disrupts "proteostasis," or protein homeostasis.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Creative destruction disrupts old systems, but it also forces progress.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

There’s one enjoyably oddball visual when Passenger Man disrupts a cozy projector-and-canopy movie night in the forest and suddenly the faces of Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn are on trees everywhere as mayhem ensues.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

We trade in our morning books for our afternoon books and then Boy21 says, “They don’t want me to wear my outer-space clothes. They say it disrupts the school day. Do you agree?”

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick